Patents by Inventor Spencer Carmichael

Spencer Carmichael has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12475596
    Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to generate a current keyframe point cloud based on pairs of stereo images while a stereo camera travels through a scene to determine a similar viewpoint query matrix and an opposing viewpoint query matrix based the current keyframe point cloud. A distance matrix and an opposing view distance matrix can be generated by comparing the similar viewpoint query matrix and the opposing viewpoint query matrix to reference matrices. A relative pose between a stereo camera and a reference can be determined to determine a location in the scene during travel of the stereo camera through the scene by performing sequence matching in the distance matrix and the opposing view distance matrix to determine a minimum sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Carmichael, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Katherine Skinner, Rahul Kumar Agrawal, Alexandra Carlson, Gaurav Pandey, Mostafa Parchami
  • Publication number: 20250005789
    Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to generate a current keyframe point cloud based on pairs of stereo images while a stereo camera travels through a scene determine a similar viewpoint query matrix and an opposing viewpoint query matrix based the current keyframe point cloud. A distance matrix and an opposing view distance matrix can be generated by comparing the similar viewpoint query matrix and the opposing viewpoint query matrix to reference matrices. A relative pose between a stereo camera and a reference can be determined to determine a location in the scene during travel of the stereo camera through the scene by performing sequence matching in the distance matrix and the opposing view distance matrix to determine a minimum sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Carmichael, Ramanarayan Vasudevan, Katherine Skinner, Rahul Kumar Agrawal, Alexandra Carlson, Gaurav Pandey, Mostafa Parchami